Cigar-bundling machine



(No Model.)

J. M. FRY.

GIGAR BUNDLING MACHINE. No. 370,252. Patented Sept. 20,. 1887.

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JOHN M. FRY, OF ROTHSVILL, PENNSYLVANIA.

CIGAR-BUNDLING MACHINE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 370,252I dated September 20, 188'7.

. Application tiled November 1'2, 1886. Serial No. 218,674. (No model.)

To ZZ whom t may concern:

Beit known that I, JOHN M. FRY, a citizen of the United States, residing at Rothsville, county of Lancaster, State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Gigar-Bundling Machines, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to a sliding-jaw bundler operated by a hand-lever provided with annularinclined plane surfaces working in contact with a corresponding fixed plane upon the end piece of the bundler.

rlhe object of the improvement is to supply a cheap, effective, and simple machine that may be readily adjusted to bundle from one hundred down to twentytive cigars at a single operation.

The accompanying drawings show clearly the manner in which I attain the above obj ects, like letters of reference indicating like parts throughout.

Figure l is a front elevation ofthe machine in position ready to be filled with cigars. Fig. 2 is an end view of the same with the operatinglever in its normal position prior to the bundle of cigars being pressed. Fig. 3 is an end View showing the operating-lever turned down, which brings the movablejaw into the position shown by the dotted lines upon Fig. 1, and presses the bundle of cigars. Fig. 4 is a section of the back of the machine, showing the longitudinal perforation therein for the screw -retaining guide to the movable jaw. Fig. 5 is a plan, and Fig. 6 is a side elevation, of the regular sliding top cap. Fig. 7 is a plan, and Fig. 8 is a side elevation,of the extension sliding top cap. Fig. 9 is an end view of the metallic sliding piece.

A represents the base-plate; B, the back of the machine; C, the fixed abutment; D, the operating end of the machine; E, an annular inclined plane secured to or cast integral with the same; and F is the movable `jaw, sliding free upon the base-plate and held in sliding contact with the back by a screw, F', playing freely in a longitudinal slot, B', in said back. A washer, F2, permits adjustment of contact between the parts.

G represents fillets of any desired form, secured by screws G to their respective parts, and which are readily changed when desired.

H is the top cap, provided with side grooves, H, and dowel-pin holes H2. A metallic slide, l, having its sides I turned upward and in` ward, as shown in Fig. 9, iits and slides within the grooves H of the cap, and secured thereto by screws G is a fillet G.

J is an extension-piece, made of varying widths, governed by the number of cigars to be bundled above the ininiim1ni,\vhich is provided with illet G at one end and with dowelpins J at the opposite end, the latter tting within the doWel-pin holes H2 of the cap H.

K is a spring ribbon-holder. The ribbon for tying the bundle is laid within the machine prior to putting in the cigars, and the ends of the same are passed under and held by the spring-holder K until the cigars are pressed. The cap H is then removed and the ribbon tied, thus retaining the form of the bundle.

L is a stem secured to the movable jaw F by a flange, L', and screws L2, or in any other suitable manner, and is given length sufficient to adapt the movable jaw F to press from one hundred down to twenty-live cigarsin bundles.

M M are loose sleeves or take-ups, which are used to take up the space upon the stein L when the movablejaw F is shifted to pack or bundle a smaller number of cigars than one hundred, the sleeves varying in length for that purpose.

N is the operating-lever, having a hub, N, upon one of its faces, said hub being provided with annular inclined planes N2.

E is an annular inclined plane secured by a flange, E', and screws E2, or in any other suitable manner, to or may be east integral with the o ierating end of the machine.

F is a spiral spring strung upon the stem L, resting against the operating end of the machine, and held in operative contact therewith by a washer, L3, and removable pin L", said spring being for the purpose of keeping the parts in contact with each other and for returning the jaw F to place after compression of the bundle of cigars.

The operation of the machine is as follows: The cigars to be bundled are laid between the jaws C and F while the lever N stands as shown in Figs. l and 2. rlhe cap H, with its IOO sliding piece I, is drawn out to permit its lilling up the space between the jaws C and F,

hand,while the right hand is used to throw the and is held down upon the cigars with the left l lever N into'the position shown in Fig. 3. This causes the inclines N2 to ride upon the corresponding inclines, E, secured to the operating end D of the machine, and causes the movable jaw F to advance from the position shown in the full lines of Fig. l to the position shown by the dotted linesupon the same figure, at the same time compressingthe spring l?. After vertical pressure upon the cap H by the usual press, the cap is removed, the ends of the ribbon are loosened from the springholders K, and the bundle is tied. The lever N is then raised to a vertical position, the spring l? expands as the arm rises, keeps the planes N2 and E in contact, and draws back the movable jaw F ready for a repetition of the operation.

1. In a cigar-bundling machine, the combination of a frame provided with fixed end' pieces and a back having slot B, the sliding jaw F, the guiding-screw and Washer connect# ing the said jaw with the back, the annular inclined planes E, secured to one of the end pieces, the stem L, secured to the sliding jaw and projecting through the said annular inclined planes, the lever' N, provided with annular inclined planes journaled upon'the said stem for operating the sliding jaw,land the cap H, provided with slide I, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

2. In a cigar-bundling machine, the combiv nation of a frame provided With fixed end pieces and a back having slot B', the sliding jaw F, the guiding-screw and washer connecting the said jaw to the back, the annular inclined planes E, secured to one of the end pieces, the stem L, secured to the sliding jaw and projecting through the said annular inclined planes, the lever N, provided with annular inclined planes journaled upon the said stem for operating the sliding jaw, the pin L4, passing through the end ofthe stem, the washer L3, and the spring P, interposed between the said pin and the end piece of the frame, and the cap H, provided with the slide I, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

3. In acigar-bundling machine, the combination of a frame provided 'with a xed end piece, a sliding jaw guided in the said frame, the annular inclined planes E, secured to the said end piece, a stem secured to the sliding jaw and projecting through the said annular inclined planes, and the lever N, provided with annular inclined planes journaledupon the said stem for operating the sliding jaw, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

4. In a cigarbundling machine, the combination of a frame provided with a fixed end piece, v'a sliding jaw guided in the said frame, the annular inclined planes E, secured to the said end piece, a stem secured ,to the sliding iaw and projecting through the said annular inclinedplanes, the lever N, provided with annular inclined planes 4journaled upon the said stem. for operating the sliding jaw, .and the washers M, interposed between the said `lever and the sliding jaw, substantially as and for the purpose set forth. l

5. In a cigar-bundling machine, the combination of a frame provided with a fixed end piece, a sliding jaw guided in the said frame, the annular inclined planes E, secured to the end piece, a stem secured to the sliding jaw and projecting through the said annular inclined planes, the'lever N, provided with annular inclined planes journaled uponthe said stem for operating the sliding j aw, the pin L4,

passing through the end ofthe stern, and the.v

Washer LS and spring P, interposed between the said pin and the fixed end piece of the frame, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

6. In a cigar-bundling machine, the combination of the cap H, provided with the side grooves, H, and dowel-pin holes H2, the extensionpiece J, provided With` a fillet, G, and dowel-pins J, engaging with said dowel-pin holes, and the slide I, also provided with a lillet G and with the flanges I', engaging with the side grooves in the cap, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

JOHN M. FRY..

Witnesses:

F. W. HULL, D. B. KnAA'rz. 

